Free tools to write your novel
Tools for every stage of your novel: prepare your characters and structure, keep your writing pace, then revise. Free, no sign-up: everything runs in your browser.
1. Prepare
Name your characters, map their relationships, describe your places and factions, set the structure and length.
Character name generator
Elven, Norse, imperial, sci-fi or modern names, in one click.
Open the toolCharacter sheet templates
Generate your character sheet in Word, or download the templates by genre.
Open the toolRelationship map
The links between your characters, as a map you can download.
Open the toolPlace and faction sheet
A guided sheet for your places and factions, to copy or download.
Open the toolSave the Cat calculator
The 15 plot beats placed in words and chapters.
Open the toolNovel length calculator
Words → pages, chapters, reading time, and how you compare with your genre.
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2. Write
Keep a steady pace and your plot lines in sight to the last page.
3. Revise
Hunt down repetitions, tense and POV slips, uneven chapters, then tick off the list before you submit.
Repeated words checker
Overused words and close repetitions, highlighted in your text.
Open the toolTense and POV checker
Past/present and I/he slips, flagged in your narration.
Open the toolChapter pacing analyzer
Chapters too long or too short, sentences with a flat rhythm.
Open the toolCharacter age calculator
Every character's age at every event, even in an invented calendar.
Open the toolRevision checklist
What to check before you submit your manuscript, ready to tick off.
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And for the whole novel's consistency?
SagaScope builds your story bible from your text and alerts you when a detail contradicts itself. Join the waitlist.